#4437 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

European Green Crab

🇳🇱 Strandkrab ·Carcinus maenas

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Carcinus maenas is a common littoral crab. It is known by different names around the world. In the British Isles, it is generally referred to as the shore crab , or green shore crab . In North America and South Africa, it bears the name green crab or European green crab . In Australia and New Zealand, it is referred to as either the European green crab or European shore crab .

base stats

NL sightings 1,806iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 45,770iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1,806 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #2 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
45,770 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).